Krebs on Security

MAY 16, 2019

The indictments unsealed in a Pennsylvania court this week stem from a slew of cyber heists carried out between October 2015 and December 2016. “JekaProf” and “procryptgroup” from Moldova, specialized in “crypting” or obfuscating the GozNym malware to evade detection by antivirus software.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 22, 2018

The Latvian expert Ruslans Bondars (37), who developed and run the counter antivirus service Scan4You has been sentenced to 14 years in prison. Scan4you is a VirusTotal like online multi-engine antivirus scanning service that could be used by vxers to test evasion abilities of their malware against the major antiviruses.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 13, 2024

According to Constella, this email address was used in 2010 to register an account for a Dmitry Yurievich Khoroshev from Voronezh, Russia at the hosting provider firstvds.ru. NeroWolfe seems to have abandoned all of his forum accounts sometime in 2016. DomainTools reports that stairwell.ru Image: Shutterstock.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 3, 2024

In May 2015, KrebsOnSecurity published a brief writeup about the brazen Manipulaters team, noting that they openly operated hundreds of web sites selling tools designed to trick people into giving up usernames and passwords, or deploying malicious software on their PCs. ” A number of questions, indeed.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

The user ianch99 in the QNAP NAS community forum reported that the antivirus ClamAV was failing to update due to 0.0.0.0 “Since recent firmware updates, the ClamAV Antivirus fails to update due to 700+ clamav.net entries in /etc/hosts, all set to 0.0.0.0 clamav.net host file entries. e.g.” wrote the user ianch99.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 19, 2020

According to the report issued by the CERT-FR, operators behind the Pysa ransomware launched brute-force attacks against management consoles and Active Directory accounts. “Brute force connection attempts on a supervisory console have been observed, as well as on several ACTIVE DIRECTORY accounts. ” continues the alert.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 14, 2019

The crooks used malicious emails purporting to be legitimate from such entities as Western Union, Norton AntiVirus and the IRS to spread the malware. They also activated files that forced infected computers to register email accounts with AOL.” “The defendants registered more than 100,000 email accounts using this method.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 4, 2019

The new tool could be used to hijack Microsoft Exchange email accounts, it was dubbed Jason and currently, it is has a detection rate of 0 on VirusTotal. According to VirusTotal the sample was compiled in 2015 and at the time of writing it is detected only by 7 out of 71 antivirus solutions. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 16, 2020

In analyzing our cloud traffic patterns, we believe there is a coordinated effort to maliciously access and modify Linksys Smart Wi-Fi Accounts using credentials stolen from other websites. The company also recommends users to check the router’s DNS settings and to make sure the antivirus/malware solutions are up to date and run a full scan.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 4, 2020

The virus avoided detection by antivirus solutions through regular updates from an attacker-controlled command-and-control (C2) infrastructure, and spread through the company’s systems, causing network outages and shutting down essential services for nearly a week.” Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – Emotet, malware).

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Security Affairs

JULY 28, 2019

Twitter account of Scotland Yard hacked and posted bizarre messages. WizzAir informed customers it forced a password reset on their accounts. BlackBerry Cylance addresses AI-based antivirus engine bypass. Comodo Antivirus is affected by several vulnerabilities. A new ProFTPD vulnerability exposes servers to hack.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 6, 2023

is clearly failing to protect cardholder account details effectively in today’s environment. Protect stored account data. Requirement 3: “Account Data” instead of “Cardholder Data” indicates a potential increase of scope for PCI assets. Requirement 5: It is no longer sufficient to just have standard antivirus software.

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Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

This remote access Trojan (RAT) was first discovered in infected Windows computers in 2017 by the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-IN), but it has been active since at least 2015. Lastly, if you use an antivirus for your Android device , always make sure you are using the latest version. The history of GravityRAT.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 25, 2019

An online search for the term “yehuo” reveals an account on the Chinese Software Developer Network which uses that same nickname and references the domain blazefire[.]com. com via Domaintools.com shows the domain was assigned in 2015 to a company called “ Shanghai Blazefire Network Technology Co. 2333youxi[.]com

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Ransomware accounted for over half of all malicious mailings in H1 2019, Troldesh aka Shade being the most popular tool among cybercriminals. To bypass antivirus systems, hackers send out malicious emails in non-working hours with delayed activation. Links account for 29%, while attachments—for 71%. rar archive files.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 19, 2019

This way to identify infected machines represents a novelty in the threat landscape, victims must register the Gmail account provided by the ransomware in order to receive the decryption keys. ransomware still has a low detection rate , it was identified as malicious by 31/71 antivirus of the VirusTotal services.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 26, 2020

Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 21, 2019

Attackers hacked support agent to access Microsoft Outlook email accounts. Gnosticplayers round 5 – 65 Million+ fresh accounts from 6 security breaches available for sale. Gnosticplayers round 5 – 65 Million+ fresh accounts from 8 security breaches available for sale. Million email accounts without permission. Paper Copy.

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Security Affairs

JULY 16, 2020

.” The malicious code supports multiple commands, it could launch overlay attacks, log keystrokes, send spam the victims’ contact lists with SMS messages, and prevent victims from using antivirus software. ” ~ Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 11, 2020

ransomware displays ransom note in innovative way Carnival confirms data breach as a result of the August ransomware attack Google enhances malware protection for accounts enrolled in Advanced Protection Program (APP) Russian Cybercrime group is exploiting Zerologon flaw, Microsoft warns.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

That investigation detailed how the 38-year-old Shefel adopted the nickname Rescator while working as vice president of payments at ChronoPay , a Russian financial company that paid spammers to advertise fake antivirus scams, male enhancement drugs and knockoff pharmaceuticals. “Hi, how are you?” ” he inquired.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Authorities in the United States and United Kingdom today levied financial sanctions against seven men accused of operating “ Trickbot ,” a cybercrime-as-a-service platform based in Russia that has enabled countless ransomware attacks and bank account takeovers since its debut in 2016. companies and government entities.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 26, 2019

Check Point released a security update to fix a vulnerability in its antivirus and firewall ZoneAlarm, the flaw could be exploited by attackers to escalate privileges on a system running it. The vulnerability could be exploited to add a user account with low privileges to the group of administrators. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 3, 2020

The authors of the GandCrab RaaS also offers technical support and updates to its members, they also published a video tutorial that shows how the ransomware is able to avoid antivirus detection. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. reads the translation of the ad. million dollars per week.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 10, 2020

In many cases, some machines run without standard safeguards, like security updates and cloud-delivered antivirus protection.” “There is also the lack of credential hygiene, over-privileged accounts, predictable local administrator and RDP passwords, and unattended EDR alerts for suspicious activities.”

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 4, 2018

. “We also found that the user associated with Kraken ransomware, ThisWasKraken, has a paid account. Paid accounts are not uncommon on underground forums, but usually malware developers who offer services such as ransomware are highly trusted members and are vetted by other high-level forum members. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

According to legitimate sources, Portuguese banking teams have detected irregular accesses to banking portals usually carried out through compromised accounts via the Lampion infections. Crooks are using compromised devices to access the banking portal in order to make online bank transfers to accounts they are controlling.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 29, 2021

Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) attributes this campaign with high confidence to ZINC, a DPRK-affiliated and state-sponsored group, based on observed tradecraft, infrastructure, malware patterns, and account affiliations.” Attackers used Twitter profiles for sharing links to a blog under their control ( br0vvnn[.]io

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 17, 2019

620 million accounts stolen from 16 hacked websites available for sale on the dark web. Astaroth Trojan relies on legitimate os and antivirus processes to steal data. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. MetaMask app on Google Play was a Clipboard Hijacker.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 4, 2018

Call it targeted Ransomware. · Twitter deletes over 10,000 accounts that aim to influence U.S. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 19, 2019

They ask you to make certain changes in your account by entering your login password or ask for some reconfirmation. Such emails are sent after detailed research about you, and often their primary source of collecting data is your social media accounts. Tips to Prevent Phishing. Be Extra Vigilant. Protect Your Device and Connection.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Implement network segmentation , “such that all machines on your network are not accessible from every other machine” Update antivirus software on all hosts and enable real-time detection. Review domain controllers, servers, workstations, and active directories for new or unrecognized user accounts. 7 SP1, 8, 8.1)

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Security Affairs

APRIL 9, 2020

It’s worth noting that.rar also became the second commonly used format to deliver archived malware in H1 2019 and accounted for 25% of all archived malicious files detected by Group-IB’s CERT in the first half of 2019. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 28, 2021

The activity of the Zinc APT group, aka Lazarus , surged in 2014 and 2015, its members used mostly custom-tailored malware in their attacks. io ), to share videos of their claimed exploits, and for amplifying and retweeting posts from other accounts under their control.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 8, 2022

“ The vulnerability is due to the method (cpio) in which Zimbra’s antivirus engine (Amavis) scans inbound emails. ” The experts pointed out that the vulnerability is due to the method ( cpio ) used by Zimbra’s antivirus engine ( Amavis ) to scan the inbound emails. ” reported Rapid7.

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Security Affairs

MAY 30, 2020

It is better to use ICAP (Internet Content Adaptation Protocol) servers or excellent Antivirus systems to protect the data of your company. To limit access to your accounts, use IP Whitelist and IP Blacklist where possible. A good manager takes accountability, and a fantastic API does so too. Call Security Experts.

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Security Affairs

JULY 21, 2018

But for two whole years, until May 2018, Calisto remained off the radar of antivirus solutions, with the first detections on VT appearing only recently.” Enables a hidden “root” account in macOS and sets the password specified in the Trojan code. Use antivirus software. ” reads the analysis published by Kaspersky.

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